Software pirates. (FDA's regulatory control on software products)

From: Reason | Date: November 1, 1997| Author: Volokh, Alexander | Copyright information

The FDA continues to regulate medical prcatice software and hardware without Congressional sanction. The FDA's authority is derived from the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act which provides a broad definition of medical devices.

Congress never gave the FDA power to control medical practice. But the agency seized it anyway - by regulating software and computers.

On July 1, 1997, the Food and Drug Administration arrested a laser. The laser belonged to Trevor Woodhams, an eye surge...

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